What is with the Casige "Toy" machines?
07-15-2014, 05:24 AM
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What is with the Casige "Toy" machines?
I see them here and there advertised as toys. Were they really toys? I can't imagine a working machine with a needle as a toy. Were they useable machines, demos?
07-15-2014, 10:55 AM
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Some of the machines that people think are toys are actually Salesmen Samplers....salesmen took them around with them to show prospective buyers how well they were built and how well they sewed.
I have seen childrens machines with a tube/protector that covered the needle above the foot of the machine ( the sewing foot, not the pedal).
I have seen childrens machines with a tube/protector that covered the needle above the foot of the machine ( the sewing foot, not the pedal).
07-15-2014, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by delma_paulk
Some of the machines that people think are toys are actually Salesmen Samplers....salesmen took them around with them to show prospective buyers how well they were built and how well they sewed.
IF there is any truth to this concept, I would REALLY like to see any form of evidence.
here is an example of the annoyance...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111406878051
NOT a salesman's sample.
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07-15-2014, 11:08 AM
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It was a toy. I had a toy sewing machine as a kid. I don't remember getting stuck with the needle BUT, I'm sure that if I did, I'd have lived thru it & I wouldn't have done it again! There were a lot of "dangerous" toys....Easy Bake Ovens got hot enough to bake a cake! Personally, I think that we don't give kids enough credit for intelligence nowadays...
07-15-2014, 11:38 AM
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Be like going to the car lot and test driving a pedal car to convince you to buy the real thing. However, some of the branded miniatures like Brother, Necchi, I think Bernina, may have used them to get folks to look at the real deal. But I dunno 4 sure.
07-15-2014, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by oldsewnsew
However, some of the branded miniatures like Brother, Necchi, I think Bernina, may have used them to get folks to look at the real deal. But I dunno 4 sure.
07-15-2014, 12:08 PM
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I remember being told that the toy Necchis were given to the kids when the parents were buying the 'real' machine. Great PR!
I have never seen a toy that was such great quality that it would make me want to buy a 'real' one. In fact the toys are such terrible sewers that they have turned many a child off from ever wanting anything to do with sewing.
I have never seen a toy that was such great quality that it would make me want to buy a 'real' one. In fact the toys are such terrible sewers that they have turned many a child off from ever wanting anything to do with sewing.
Originally Posted by oldsewnsew
Be like going to the car lot and test driving a pedal car to convince you to buy the real thing. However, some of the branded miniatures like Brother, Necchi, I think Bernina, may have used them to get folks to look at the real deal. But I dunno 4 sure.
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